New Year Dance Pack

Awareness of the integration of the moment of impact (with the ground / partner / a segment of one’s own body) can lead to the efficiency of the body action by deciding whether or not to transform the impact into a continuous energy generating impulse depending on the necessity.

The idea of ​​“Round/Roundness” is deepened on several levels:

I. Circular movement

II. Transformation of the impact into a continuous impulse by curving the body

III. Circularity in Contraction and Extension

IV. Working simultaneously with Straight Line and Curved Line and constantly transitioning from one to the other as needed

V. Rolling – types of rolling, awareness of the body in relation to the ground

VI. Jump vs. Suspension as Process and Integrated Action of the Process – Theory and applied comparison: similarities and differences

VII. Round Jump – Using the principles of rolling types and applying them to jumping

VIII. Jump/Suspension + Rolling – Consciously generating an impulse through Jump or Suspension and using it to build continuous movement on level change

IX. “Around” – using the notions of “Straight Line/Curved Line” to apply them to moving through space

The main objective of the “Enter The Flux” workshop is to enhance the body and therefore its movement capacity through cognitive and intuitive processes. Inspired by different expressive domains such as Martial Arts, Theatre, Poetry, Capoeira, Urban Dance and Contemporary Dance, we will try to understand and use the body in as many ways as possible in order to acces the Flux. By “Flux” I refer to a certain state of an individual in which processing, assimilation and transformation of external input is accelerated in order to create valability and adaptability in any (movement) scenario. 

Some of the focus points of this workshop are: improvisation tools, rhythmicity and coordination, speed manipulation, verbal articulation and creative speech, floorwork, soft acrobatics, swift assimilation of a strict movement material. 

Moreover, the training seeks to develop one’s ability as a performer, offering opportunities to explore by using exercises that focus on the space-time-partner relationship, presence-readiness, engagement and the essential idea of play.

Teachers’ Biography:

Andreea Vălean is a graduate of the "Floria Capsali" Choreography High School in Bucharest, class of 2017. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Performing Arts - Choreography in 2020 and her Master's degree in "Choreographic Art" in 2022 at the National University of Theatre and Cinematographic Arts "I.L. Caragiale" in Bucharest.

To further develop her skills as a dancer, Andreea participated in the Kalamata Dance Festival editions of 2022, 2023, and 2024, where she worked with internationally recognized teachers such as Anton Lachky, Horacio Macuacua, Linda Kapetanea, Josef Frucek, Edivaldo Ernesto, and Lali Ayguadé.

As a ballerina, she collaborated with the Comic Opera for Children from 2015 to 2017, and since the 2017 season, she has been a member of the ballet company at the Bucharest National Opera House. She gained recognition for her solo roles: "Tzeitel" in Tevye, "Little Swans" in Swan Lake, "Russian Dance" in The Nutcracker, "Solo Drums" in Bayadere, and "Solo Czardas" in Coppélia.

In contemporary dance, she performs with the company Contemporary Creative Dreamers in the shows "When Darkness Becomes Light," "Nihil Sine Deo," and "The Last Raid of Humankind," choreographed by Daniel Alexandru Dragomir. She also collaborates with Platforma 13 in the performances "Through here you can escape, run?!", "Play Replay Remix", and "Balkan Ballerinas" – choreographed by Anca Stoica and Sergiu Diță.

As a choreographer, she created "Hold ON", presented at the Young Choreographers’ Evening 2019, "Let me slip Through Your Fingers", a duet presented at the Florence Dance Festival 2022 and the Young Choreographers’ Evening ONB 2021, "Scraps of Sky", a solo presented at the Young Choreographers’ Evening 2021, the Jerusalem International Solo Dance Festival 2022, and SzólóDuó 2023, "Earthly Links", a duet presented at the Florence Dance Festival 2022, and her MA performance "Nexus", created in May 2022, which won the "Best Choreography" award at the UNATC Graduates Gala 2022 and the Dbutan-T Festival Award 2023.

As an assistant choreographer, she worked on "The Last Raid of Humankind" and "The Journal of Love", a show that is part of the repertoire of the Bucharest National Opera.

Daniel Dragomir is an artist who works in the field of Choreographic Art. He is a choreographer, dancer, teacher and manager of the independent company Contemporary Creative Dreamers.

He graduated with a bachelor's degree, specialization "Performing Arts - Choreography" (2017), and master studies, specialization "Choreographic Art" (2019), at the National University of Theater and Cinematography "I.L. Caragiale" Bucharest.

For his development as a dancer and choreographer, he participated in national and international workshops and seminars with teachers: Simona Deaconescu, Valentina de Piante, Kalamata Dance Festival 2022 (Edivaldo Ernesto, Lali Ayguadé, Christine Gouzelis & Paul Blackman, Akira Yoshida, Arias Fernandez), Kalamata Dance Festival 2023 (Anton Lachky, Horacio Macuacua, Linda Kapetanea, Josef Frucek), Fabian Wixe, Natalia Pieczuro, Vittoria de Ferrari Sapetto, Antonio Minhoca (Alemar Capoeira Bucharest).

As a choreographer he created the performances "Nu mai sunt eu (2016)", "When Darkness Becomes Light" (2017), "Nihil Sine Deo" (2019), "The Last Raid of HumanKind" (2021), "Let me slip Through Your Fingers" (2022), "Oasis of the Fools" (2023).

As a teacher, he teaches workshops dedicated to beginners, but also workshops dedicated to advanced level and professionals in the field of Choreographic Art: U.N.A.T.C "I.L.Caragiale" Bucharest, "Unfold Motion" Dance Company Timișoara, "George Enescu" University Iași, The "Ideo Ideis" festival, the "Creative PlayGround Intensive" study program.

As a manager and choreographer of the Contemporary Creative Dreamers company, he implements projects based on production and touring, and activities in the educational area (workshops for beginners, workshops for professionals with teachers from abroad, the study program "Creative PlayGround Intensive”.)

Freelance performer and choreographer, George-Alexandru Pleșca undergoes his main artistic activity in Bucharest, Romania. He has obtained both a BFA and a MFA in Choreographic Arts during his studies at the National University of Theatre and Film ”I.L.Caragiale”. He has also graduated from the Academy of Dance and Performance,  program established by the Bucharest National Dance Centre.

 Developed an eclectic and intricate style, having been trained in different movement domains ranging from Ballroom and Hip-Hop to Mixed Martial Arts, Capoeira and Contemporary Dance. He is strongly inspired by film, poetry, theatre, visual arts and other movement practices, being interested in making them collide in his artistic approach.

At the present time, he is part of Contemporary Creative Dreamers dance company, often collaborates with Delazero Association, Linotip, CNDB and is a member of Late Field Collective – artistic group. Teaches dance and movement classes for both beginners and advanced students mostly in the local area, but also nationally. 

On stage and as well as off it, he follows the idea of a “Flow State”, a constant feeling of awareness and understanding that permits the body to access different levels, textures, rhythms and feelings through consciousness. Only afterwards can we break the “rules”, diving into instinct, therefore making ourselves as immersive and alive as possible at any given time.

He has attended different workshops and masterclasses that enriched his dance and theatre knowledge. We remind some of those encounters such as FM Practice with different mentors, Sparkling Imagination – Horacio Macuacua, Complex Simplicity – Sita Ostheimer, Depth Movement – Edivaldo Ernesto, The Importance of Doing – Fabian Wixe, Artylogica – Vittoria de Ferrari, From Gravity to Lightness – Lali Ayguade, Puzzle Work – Anton Lachky, The Awakened Body – Rob Hayden and mentors like Christine Gouzelis & Paul Blackman, Winston Reynolds, Tom Weksler, Akira Yoshida, Noa Wertheim, Fabian Thome, Beniamin Boar, Adrien Ouaki, Gabriela Carrizo, Christine Gouzelis & Paul Blackman, Peter Jasko, Laura Aris, Marta Coronado,  and many more.

Company’s Description:

Contemporary Creative Dreamers Dance Company is an independent cultural organization which carries out its activity in the field of Choreographic Art since 2018, the year in which the company was established at the initiative of the choreographer Daniel Alexandru Dragomir.

The purpose of the organization is to build a favorable context for carrying out activities artistic in the area of ​​contemporary dance, for young dancers, performers, composers and visual artists.

Among the main objectives are listed:

1. Development of Choreographic Art in Romania through the production and broadcasting of performances by contemporary dance at national and international level;

2. Increasing the quality of training of professional dancers by organizing programs intensive professional training;

3. Supporting the new generation of professionals through projects dedicated to pupils and students state and private vocational education institutions;

4. Encouraging the practice of contemporary dance as a form of physical development by any person by constantly organizing contemporary dance workshops for amateurs;

5. Connecting to the international context and building an educational platform international by inviting and hosting workshops supported by teachers who operates in the European Union, the United States of America and Asia;